Soap holder



SOAP HOLDER Filed June 8, 1954 ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 20, 1934 UNITED STATES SOAP HOLDER Harry N. Roberts and Walter S. Beaugrand, Lexington, Ky.

Application June 8, 1934, Serial No. 729,643

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a bracket designed as a soap holder which will hold soap exposed to air in order that it will dry quickly after use, preventing the soap from becoming superficially soft and excessively displaceable when it is rubbed on a utensil, cloth or the like.

It is an object of this invention to provide a soap holder which is sanitary in character in that owing to its facility for drying does not create a deposit on the holder such as occurs when soap is held by the usual soap dishes or trays whereby the fluid coating which is carried by the soap after use collects at the bottom of the dish or tray and maintains the soap in a semi-dissolved state, a condition which causes waste and deterioration of the cake of soap.

The soap holder of this invention may be expeditiously manipulated to apply the soap thereto or remove it, and the holder may be placed at any convenient location with respect to a kitchen sink, toilet wash basin, bath tub or the like, and in such position with respect thereto that any deposit on the soap which will be sufficient to gravitate from the surface may be deposited in one of the aforesaid containers in conjunction with which the soap holder is used.

t is a further object of this invention to provide a soap holder which comprises few inexpensive parts which will be efficient and satisfactory in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of one embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 illustrates a sectional view thereof on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 illustrates a fragmentary plan view of the form of the invention shown in Figure l; and

Figure 4 illustrates a view in elevation of a modified construction.

In the drawing 5 denotes the body or bar on which the operative parts of the device are mounted.

The aforesaid parts comprise suction cups 6 secured on one surface of the bar and in this embodiment of the invention, said suction cups comprise a body '7 on one end of which the cup 8 is formed or secured, the said body having a recess 9 in its end in which a plug 10 is fitted, the said plug having a dowel 11 which fits in an aperture 12 of the bar. In Fig. 1, two suction cups of the aforesaid construction are employed, although the inventors do not wish to be limited with respect to the number which is incorporated in the structure.

On the surface of the bar opposite that having the suction cups, the soap holding instrumentalities are mounted and, in this embodiment of the invention, they'consist of a plate 13 having a flange 14. The plate is relatively wide at that portion having the flange in order that it will constitute a soap engaging surface comparable in area to that of the size of the soap and the said plate may be secured to the bar in any appropriate way as by screws 15. In order to hold the soap in position on the plate, a soap engaging clip or arm 16 is mounted on the bar and in the present embodiment of the invention, the arm has a relatively wide extension 17 which bears against the soap as will presently appear. The opposite end of the'said arm terminates in a finger or thumb engageable extension 18 against which pressure may be applied for overcoming the tension of a spring 19 which engages the under surface of the portion 18 of the arm, it being seen that the said spring is anchored to the bar by fastenings 20 such as screws or the like.

The arm is provided with integral ears 21 which embrace a portion of the bar and the ears are mounted on pivots such as 22 embedded in the bar.

It will be apparent from the illustration and foregoing description that soap which is clamped between the plate and the arm will be held by the flange of the plate against dislodgment and the surface of the soap is exposed to air so that it will dry quickly, and the arrangement is such that moisture will not collect to any appreciable extent between the soap and the surfaces of the holder which it contacts.

In that embodiment of the invention shown in Figure 4, the soap holder comprises a bracket 23 similar to the bar shown in Figure 1 but in this embodiment, the suction cup 24, preferably of the same construction as that heretofore described, is secured to the end of the bar 23. Furthermore, in this form of the invention, the plate 25 and the soap engaging clip 26 and parts associated therewith are of the same general construction as that described in connection with the showing in Figure 1, hence the objects heretofore stated are attained as specified.

It is obvious that the bracket shown in Figure 4 may be employed in a variety of positions that is to say the suction cup may be secured to a wash basin, drain board or the like or it may be anchored to a wall or other base.

We claim:

1. In a soap holder, a bar like member, means for supporting the said member, a plate having a flange secured to said member, an arm having a soap engaging extremity, means for pivotally mounting the arm on the member with the soap engaging extremity in cooperative relation to the plate, and means operating on the arm for yield-.

ingly pressing the soap engaging extremity thereof on the soap.

2. In a soap holder, a bar like member, means for supporting the said member, a plate having a soap engaging extremity, ears on the arm,

means for pivotally connecting the ears to the bar, and a spring secured to the bar and extend- ,ing upwardly into engagement with the arm at the end remote from the soap engaging extremity for exerting pressure on the soap.

' HARRY N. ROBERTS.

WALTER S. BEAUGRAND. 

